Machine for cutting noncircular glasses



Patented Apr. 20, 1926.v

UNITED STATES `Parleur OFFICE.

mou' s'rErNLnor JENA, GERMANY, yAssiernon rro THE FIRM or CARL zEIss, or

J ENA, GERMANY.

MACHINEFOR CUTTING NONCIRCULRGLASSES. i f

i i Application `1ed August `7, 1923. Serial No. 656,258.

To all whom t may concern BeV it known that I, ADoLF STEINLE, a citizen otGermany, and residing at Jena, hGermany, have invented anew and useful Machine .for Cutting Noncircular Glasses (for which AI have tiled an application in Germany, on August 17, 1922) ,n of which the following is a specification.

, VIn the machines according to the S.A Patent'1,418,492, which are destined for cutting noncircular glasses, especially spectacle glasses', the glass to be cutis rotated and the cutting toolA is vmoved substantially radially to lthe axis of rotation of theA work-V table byfa lever operated by a cam. Besides,`inL orderto be able to attain vdifferent radialmdi't'ferences, theratio of gearing oi the lever is VariabIe'bymeans of .aigean According to the present Ainvention thesev machines are improved by providing a second ,lever'controlledfby a cam which lever brings about, while.` cutting, a rotationV f o the cutting tool about anI axis'parallel': with that of the work-table and byV using simultaneously the gear, serving. for changing the ratio of' gearing betweenthe cam ot' the first-named lever and the cuttingtool, for changing the ratio of gearing between the cam of the secondlever and the cutting tool.y With a corresponding construction of the cam for the second lever and a corresponding arrangement` of this lever, kthe knifeedge of the cutting tool, havinggenerally theshape of a straight-edge, can be maintainedl tangent to the -outline of the glass to be, cut. 1 y

It it be desired to be able to cut with a machine according to the present invention glasses of dilierent shape, e. g. at option glasses of elliptic or'lpantoscopic shape, it 1s preferable, in order to attainv a simphlied construction, instead of providing for interchange of several cams. to couple from the outset all cams in question with the ma- Y chineY and toprovide a change of the levers tothecorresponding cams, e. gby rendering thelycams displaceable in the direction of tljieir `axis of rotation.Y y

In the accompanying drawing the :subject the hollow shaft all.

of the invention f is illustrated byy a con# struct-ional example. tion through the axis of rotation of the work-table on line 1%-1 of Fig. 2, Fig. 2 a section perpendicular theretoy on theV linel 2.-'2 of Fig. l` and Fig. 3 a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

The ,work-table t of this machine, which is supported rotatably about an axis A-A within a casingb, is actuated from a hand wheel 'd by means of two bevel wheels, of which only Vthe one, c, is visible in the drawing. The bevel wheel c visible in the drawing, whose'diameter of they pitch circle is twice Aas'large as that'` of the associated invisible'wheel, is Vix'edon a hollow shaft oll'jthrough which a cylindrical extension a1 of the table a is passed through in such a way as to be displaceable in the longitudinal direction but not rotatable relatively to Against the bottom part of vthis, extension al there is adapted to'contact a lever a2 which is rotatably supported in lugs b1. ofthe casing b and which serves for pressing the table@ with the work piece against the cutting tool, while the table is rotated by the hand wheel d. On the hollow shaft d1' there are further fixed, by interposing a bushing cl2 which is displaceable on the hollow shaft d1 in the longitudinal direction, Jfour cams cl3, d4, d5 and (Zof which in Fig. 2, in order. to maintain the distinctness, only the two upper Ones (Z3 and (Z4 are shown.Y The cutting tool e is supported in an arm e1 rotatable about an axis B-B. The arm c1 is rigidly connected to a hollow axis c2 rotatably supported in a superstructure of the casing b which axis is under the action of a spring screw 63,2ixed with its one' endy on the casing Z9, in such a way that Vthe tree end of the lever el andrthereby the cutting tool e, as viewed in Fig. l, .tends to move lforward out of the drawing plane. Underv the action of this spring the arm e1 bears with an adjustable screw e, provided'with a scale e5, against a stop f. The latter'is fixed on the top of a bush f1 which is rotatably guidedthrough the hollow axis e2 and cai Fig. l shows a sec-y ries at its bottom end a finger f2. The free end of this linger bears (owing to the action of the spring c3) against a pin g1 which is supported in a nut g so as to be freely movable in its longitudinal direction and which bears in its turn aga-inst a lever Ztl. The nut girests upon a screw spindle g3 which is supported in the casing and adjustable from outside by means of a milled head g2. The lever Ztl, .which at its one end is supported on a standard -i rotatably about a bolt 1, bears with a nose h2 against the periphery of the` camr cZ3. The latter thus forms with the adjustment, kshown in the drawing, of the machine the guidemember for the radial movement of the cutting tool e. rlhe lever 7L? serves as a mediator of this motion lbetween the guideinember andthe cutting tool. As a gear for changing this iatio of gearing the screw g2, g3 with the nut g and the pin g1 are employed. As may easily be seen, in the position of the nut g shown the ping1 moves to and fro in the longitudinal direction by the same amount by which the point of the periphery of the cam (Z3 being at any one time in contact with the nose Zig of the lever h1 approaches the axis A-A or by which amount this point recedes from it. However, if by rotating the screw g2, g3 the pin 'Ir/'1 approaches the point of rotation of the lever Ztl, -tlie corresponding tracks of the pin y1 and thereby also those of the cutting` tool in the radial direction become smaller than before and they become. zero if the lpin g1 comes to lie above the bolt il, so `that in this position, perfectly round glasses can be cut with the machine. In the vpresent `machine in which the tool is not straight-guided but turns about the holc low axis c2 the ,motion of the cutting tool is,v of course, not exactly radially directed but only.7 deviates to a small extent from the exact radial motion. lilith the adjustment, shown in the drawing, of the machine the rotary motion of the cutting tool c about the axis B-B is effected by the cam (Z5. On the latter rests with a nose j a lever y'l which is of similar shape as the lever h1 and which is rotatable like the latter .about the bolt 1. Against the lever jl bears a pin g4 which, like the pin g1, is supported in the nut g freely movable in its longitudinal direction. The end of the pin g4, away from the lever jl, is in contact with a bow 7s which, on the one hand, is rotatably supported in a lug 53 of the casing b and which, on the other hand, is hingedly fixed to a finger Z fitted to the bottom end of al bolt Z1. The latter which is rotatably supported in the bushing f1 is so acted upon by a spring screw Z2, that the bow .Zr is continuously Cpressed against the pin g4. At its top en the boltZl carries at a stud Z3 which engages with an intermediate level' resting positions. The crank n2 serves for bringing the desired cam into the requisite lworking position. As already mentioned, in the adjustment shown the cams Z3 and (Z5 are in the working position in whichl pantoscopically-shaped and round glasses can be cut. In the second resting position the cams cZ4 and (ZG arey then in the working position which admits of cutting elliptic andl round glasses. For fixing the work piece upon the lwork-table there yis provided a lever 01 acted upon by a spring o. This lever is rotatably supported in a standard 02, fixed on the casing b llaterally of ythe work piece, and presses with a spherical extension 03 against a cushion o4 rotating with the work piece. For simplicitys sake the work piece e is shown as consisting of a single piece, while in .fact it is also provided in the usual way with a link in order to be able to Valways directit, when cutting menis-v cal glasses, as far as possible perpendicularly to the surface to be cut. In conclusion it may be lmentioned that the worktable a vis provided with a centering point a4 which is under the action of a spring a3. lf' it be desired to cut a spectacle glass with the aforesaid machine, it is first necessary to bring the adjustable lever 'as into the resting position corresponding to the desired glass shape. Hereupon the machine is adjusted, by'rotating the milled head g2, to the desired radial diiference and, by rotating the screw e4, to the desired size of the spectacle glass. Then one clamps the glass on the work-table a, whereby it is centered by means of the point a4, and imparts to the hand wheel fZ two revolutions, whilst the glass is being pressed against the cutting tool with the aid of the lever a2.

I claim:

l. In a machine for cutting` -non-circular glasses, especially spectacle glasses` a worktable, means for rotating the table` a cutting tool, a member adapted to guide this tool in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the table, the tool being disposed on this member rotatably about an axis parallel to the first-named axis, 'two levers, two cams operatively connected with the said means for rotating 'the table, each cam being adapted to guide one ofthe said levers, 0f which levers the first one is adapted to move the cutting tool to and fromthe axis of rotation of thetable and the A:second one is adapted, While cutting is carried out, to rotate the cutting toolabout an axis parallel to this axis, and mechanism to simultaneously vary the amount of movement transmitted between the cam of the firstnamed leveil and the cutting tool and between the cam of the second lever and the cutting tool.

2. In a machine according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of cams for each lever are provided together with means for simultaneously moving said cams to bring a selected pair into operative position. f

- f ADOLF STEINLE. 

